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Molecular Science Group


Name: 吳宇中( Yu-Jong Wu )
EXT.: 7211
E-mail: yjwu@nsrrc.org.tw
Website: http://ottookimo.wix.com/astrochemlab
Education:
  • B.S. in Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University (2000)
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University (2005)
Experience:
  • Research scientist, Division of scientific research, NSRRC (2022~)
  • Jointly-appointed  Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, NYCU (2022~)
  • Jointly-appointed Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, NCTU (2016~2021)
  • Associate research scientist, Division of scientific research, NSRRC (2015~2021)
  • Assistant research scientist, Division of scientific research, NSRRC (2010~2014)
  • Postdoc fellow, Division of scientific research, NSRRC (2006~2009)
  • Postdoc fellow, Department of Applied Chemistry, NCTU, Taiwan (2005.7~2005.12)
  • Assistant research, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, USA (2002.8~2002.12)
Endstation:
  • Luminescent 2D-materials
  • TLS 03 & TLS 21 A2
  • Electron-bombardment Matrix Isolation System
  • Time-resolved FT-spectrometer 
Research Interests:
  • Molecular spectroscopy
  • Quantum-chemical calculation
  • Astrochemistry
Selected Publications:
  • Photoisomerization and Infrared Spectra of Allene and Propyne Cations in Solid Argon. M-C Liu, S-C Chen, C-H Chin, T-P Huang, H-F Chen, and Y-J Wu,* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 3185 (2015).
  • Irradiation of Ethylene Diluted in Solid Nitrogen with Vacuum Ultraviolet Light and Electrons: Its Implications for the Formation of HCN and HNC. H-F Chen, M-C Liu, S-C Chen, T-P Huang, and Y-J Wu*, Astrophys. J. 804, 36 (2015).
  • Infrared Spectra of Acetylene Diluted in Solid Nitrogen upon Irradiation with Vacuum Ultraviolet Light and Electrons. Y-J Wu*, S-J Chuang, S-C Chen, and T-P Huang, Astrophys. J. Supple. Ser. 212, 7 (2014)
  • Infrared Spectra of Protonated Coronene and Its Neutral Counterpart in Solid Parahydrogen: Implications for the Unidentified Interstellar Infrared Emission Bands. M. Bahou, Y-J Wu,* and Y-P Lee,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 1021 (2014).
  • Far Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of N3 and N2+ Generated by Electron Impacting Gaseous N2. Y-J Wu,* H-F Chen, S-J Chuang, and T-P Huang, Astrophys. J. 779, 40 (2013).
  • Direct spectral evidence of single-axis rotation and ortho-hydrogen-assisted nuclear spin conversion of CH3F in solid parahydrogen. Y-P Lee, Y-J Wu, and J. T. Hougen, J. Chem. Phys. 129, 104502 (2008) and selected as Editors’ choice in Science 322, 16 (2008).
  • Internal rotation and nuclear spin conversion of CH3OH in solid parahydrogen. Y-P Lee, Y-J Wu, R. M. Lees, L-H Xu and J. T. Hougen, Science, 311, 365 (2006).